Cubic graphs as model of real systems

In this paper we deal with cubic graphs, i.e. regular graphs of degree 3, and with at most cubic graphs, i.e. graphs with maximum degree 3. We recall two basic transformation techniques that are used to generate these graphs starting from a smaller graph, either cubic or general. Moreover we show some applications. To complete this brief survey we present the state of the art of a specific problem on these graphs: their orthogonal drawing.